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Here are some more shots of one of the Modern Nomads, our man Ian Battrick. The Modern Nomads are a group of surfers who have been doing what it takes in this modern world of luxury surf tours and million dollar boat trips that some of the other soul surfers out there revel in. Check [...]

Our good mate Ian Battrick made it back up to Iceland this past week to make sure all was well and right at his favorite glacier. With the recent volcanic activity and the frigid (to say the least) water temps, I wondered why anyone in there right mind would be so excited to be there. [...]

“I hope you boys are all well and having a great weekend there!!   Whats been on?  First few sunny days here…….but typically just gone flat with it. Stumbled on these today from France, they have been used in mag now, so cool if need for anything or a blog shot…thought id send them over” Thanks [...]

Check out these shots Matt Gillespie just sent me from New Zealand of Braedon Williams on the 5`11 Doc!

Check out these shots of Ian Battrick`s recent trip to Canada with the Turner brothers! Also here are a couple of quotes from the trip I pulled of the SurfersPath website… “Every morning and night we had bears all over the place, on occasion even coming right into our camp. One night we even had [...]

Here are some shots of the plug for the Aviso NRSS designed by Doc Lausch.  I saw the board for the first time yesterday and was blown away.  It should be ready in about a month. Check back soon for more…

Here are a few more shots from the International Surfing Day (ISD) event up at Brookhurst street up in HB on Saturday. There was actually quite a good turnout, especially considering the fact that it was raining on and off all morning.  I almost turned around and went home, thinking that it would get rained [...]

Here are a few shots of the ISD event yesterday up in HB. Check back tomorrow for the full write up…

Here are a few more shots showing off the sick concave`s on the  5`5 New Toy!~

Ian Battrick has been blowing up in the mags lately from the UK to the good old US of A.  Ian is a great guy, and pretty much a true hellman from the shots I have been seeing of him lately.   Be it cold water slabs close to home, or warm water reef passes [...]